Cork-extractor.



5 of contact-points UNITE STATES Patented October 4, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

CORK-EXTRACTOFI.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 771,517, dated October4, 1904.

Application filed July 27, 1903.

Serial No. 167,169. (No model.)

T0 (LZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, W 'ILLIAM I. WEsTBRooK, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Chattanooga, in the county of Hamilton and State ofTennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCork-Extractors; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

y invention relates to cork-extractors, and appertains to that varietyof cork-pullers which are designed to be inserted in place upon the corkbefore or after the cork is introduced into the bottle.

My object is to provide a simple though reliably-efficient device whichcan be cheaply and expeditiously manufactured.

Other objects and advantages will be hereinafter made clearly apparent,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which are made a partof this application, and in which Figure 1 shows. a perspective view ofmy improved cork-extractor removed from the cork; and Fig. 2 shows acentral section of a bottle, illustrating my improved cork extractor inposition upon the cork.

For convenience numerals will be employed in designating the variousdetails of my invention and cooperating parts.

Referring to the numerals on the drawings, 1 indicates a bottle of theusual or any preferred construction, While 2 designates the cork asintroduced into the open end of the bottle.

As best shown in Fig. l of the drawings, my improved cork-extractorcomprises a pair of depending branches 3, which are formed integral withor rigidly secured at their upper ends to a disk-like member 6, saidmember being of the proper size to snugly cover the upper end of thecork.

The device herein shown is preferably formed of thin sheet metal, thedepending terminals being preferably slightly concavoconvex incross-section, whereby they Will conform to or fit the periphery of thecork. The depending terminals 3 have a plurality 4 struck from thesurface also be observed thereof and bent inwardly until they rest at anoblique angle to the longitudinal plane of said branches, and as thematerial used is a thin sheet metal the points will be more or lessyielding, so that when it is desired to insert the extractor after thecork has been placed in the neck of the bottle the contactpoints willyield outward and form no obstruction, and as said points slant upwardlythey will not mutilate or tear their Way through the cork, but when anupward movement is given the extractor said points will immediatelyengage and take into the cork and extract the same from the bottle. Itwill that the points are in a staggered relation with each other and aredisposed throughout the entire length of said branches.

If it is desired to place the extractor upon the cork before the samehas been inserted within the neck. of the bottle, all that is necessaryis to place the cork between the depending branches until the member 6rests upon the end of the cork, when the contact-points4 may be forcedinto the contiguous part of the cork and the cork then inserted withinthe neck of the bottle and forced home.

When it is desired to remove the cork from the bottle, an object, as anail or the like, may be introduced under the disk-like member 6 and thecork readily removed by pulling thereon, and when the object so insertedis placed centrally between said depending branches an equal pull willbe given to each of them.

It will thus be seen that I have provided a very simple form ofcork-extractor, which may be very cheaply manufactured and one that maybe placed upon the cork after the cork has been properly located in theneck of the bottle, or the extractor may be placed uponthe cork beforethe same has been inserted in the bottle.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is'

1. The herein-described cork-extractor comprising the combination with acork, of a disklike member 6 of a size to cover the upper end of thecork, integral branches on diaber 6 having metrically opposite sides ofsaid member and extending at right angles thereto, saidbranches beingconcavo-convex in cross-section to fit the periphery of the cork, aplurality of yielding anchoring points struck from said branches, saidpoints extending inwardly and upwardly at an oblique angle to thelongitudinal plane of said branches, whereby when an upward pull is madeupon said parts said points will take into the cork, as set forth.

2. As an article of manufacture, a cork-extractor comprising a circulardisk-like mema pair of integral depending branches, said branches beingconcavo-convex in cross-section, a plurality of yielding staggeredanchoring-points struck up throughout WILLIAM I. WESTBROOK.

Witnesses:

F. X. Rnsn, A. D. McKuE.

